Artists like Jack Phillips and myself who cherish marriage as a God-ordained institution face a terrible choice: our faith or our livelihood.

Jim Obergefell’s recent column, thanking the U.S. Supreme Court, warned the justices that any ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that affirms cake artist Jack Phillips’ First Amendment right to create art consistent with his beliefs could undermine recent pro-LGBTQ rulings.

Obergefell says the justices, by supporting same-sex unions, “have created an America that has come closer than ever before to lifting up and celebrating humanity, kindness, respect, and equality for everyone.” Yet he makes it clear that “everyone” doesn’t include the millions of Americans whose religious beliefs see marriage as the union of one man and one woman — or a holy symbol of the relationship between Jesus Christ and His church.

That means artists like Phillips and myself who cherish marriage as a God-ordained institution face a terrible choice: our faith or our livelihood. Imposing such a religious test to enter the wedding industry is contrary to our commitments to pluralism, diversity and tolerance for different views — the very traditions that have made our country so great and so free.

We don’t question same-sex couples’ right to live out their beliefs. All we ask is the same freedom to live out our own. The First Amendment guarantees us that freedom.